title: Megakaryocytopoiesis in experimentally induced chronic normobaric hypoxia.
abstract: It was recently proposed that prolonged hypoxia produces hypomegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia by reducing the pool of committed megakaryocyte progenitor cells at the expense of a greatly expanded erythroid progenitor pool. In order to test this hypothesis we have studied the relationship between megakaryocytopoiesis, erythropoiesis, and granulopoiesis at the level of progenitor cells (megakaryocyte colony-forming unit, CFU-Mk; erythroid CFU, CFU-E; erythroid burst-forming units; BFU-E; and granulocyte-macrophage CFU, CFU-GM) in the marrow of rats exposed for 4 weeks to normobaric hypoxia. We have found that hypomegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia was accompanied by decreased CFU-Mk, increased CFU-E, and a normal number of BFU-E and CFU-GM. These results support the hypothesis that prolonged hypoxia reduces the precursor cell commitment to differentiate into the megakaryocyte series by enhancing demand for differentiation into the erythroid cell line. However, the underlying mechanism needs further investigation.
authors.affiliation: Medical Faculty of Belgrade University, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rolović
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Basara
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Biljanović-Paunović
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stojanović
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suvajdzić
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pavlović-Kentera
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D015672:Erythroid Precursor Cells / Q000166:cytology; D005260:Female; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000473:pathology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology; D008533:Megakaryocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D010976:Platelet Count; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013926:Thrombopoietin / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D013926:Thrombopoietin